Autographic register



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AUTOGRAPHIC REGiSTER Filed May 1, 1936 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Jul-m CLAYTON E'I WYRICK,

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vide such means whereby operation of the regis- Patented Oct. 18, 1938 PATENT OFFICE AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Clayton E. Wyrick, Wyandotte, Mich., a'ssignor to The Egry Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, a.

corporation of Ohio Application May 1,1936, Serial No. 77,386

19 Claims.

This invention relates to autographic registers, and has for its object to provide a selfcontained manual operating mechanism for such a register.

It is an object of this invention to provide operating means for a register wherein all power wires or other power connections are dispensed with.

It is a further object of this invention to proter in a complete cycle will be accomplished uponthe performance of a simple pushing actlOIl. j

It is a further object of this invention, to provide such a mechanism wherein the undesirable operation of the machine through a partial cycle is prevented and wherein the'performance of a slight pushing action causes operation of. the ticket feeding mechanism of an autographic register in a full, complete cycle.

It is a further object of this invention to provide such means which is of light weight, which is efiicient, simple and of cheap construction, and in which a high degree of freedom from frequent adjustment is achieved.

It is a further object ofthis invention to provide such means wherein the movement of a manually operated lever through a relatively small arc will store up energy in the operating mechanism, which will be released, when the lever has come to the end of its stroke, to cause operationof the paper feeding mechanism of an autographic register through one full, complete cycle.

It is a further object of this invention to provide such means in an autographic register whereby the register may be made fully portable and subject to use in any desired locality irrespective of the provision of any source of power or mechanical energy adjacent thereto.

It is a further object of this invention to provide means whereby the manual power storage action may be made slowly or quickly, at the will of the operator, without in any way affecting the speed of operation of the paper feed mechanism.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an operating mechanismfor an autographic register wherein a simple manual operation will store up energy for operating the paper feeding mechanism and means whereby the speed of operation of the paper feeding mechanism may be controlled in a predetermined manner. I

These and other advantages will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the autographic register with the operating means of my invention applied thereto;

, Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the autographic register, as shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevational View, in section, taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 1; t

Figure 4 is an end elevational view in section, taken along the line 44 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an isometric view of the register operating mechanism of my invention, with one of the presser roller support members partially broken away;

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of a portion of the mechanism shown in Figure 5, showing the position of the various parts when the operating lever is at its lower most position and immediately prior to the beginning of the operating cycle of the operating mechanism;

Figure 7 is a similar diagrammatic side elev'ational view showing the position of the parts in substantially the mid-portion of the operating cycle of these parts;

Figure 8 is a top plan view similar to Figure 1 and partly broken away, but illustrating a modified form of operating means wherein substitution of a combined compression spring and dashpot for the separate tension spring and dashpot, shown in Figures 1 to '7 inclusive, has been made;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary elevational view of the modified form of operating mechanism shown in Figure 8 taken along. the line 99 of Figure 8;

Figure'lO is a sectional view of the combined spring and dashpot mechanism illustrated in Figures 8 and 9, slightly enlarged; and

Figure 11 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View showing certain details of the mechanism illustrated in Figure 10.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the operating mechanism of my invention, which is clearly shown in Figure 5, is enclosed in a substantially rectangular casing I, which has at one end thereof a lid or cover 2 pivoted to one end of the casing l by means of ears 3 and pivots 4.. The cover or lid 2 has therein the usual writing opening 5. At the end of the lid or cover 2 remote from its pivot is an arcuate part 6 which is .engaged by a second lid or cover I which is secured to the end of the casing I opposite the pivots 4 by means of hooks 8 secured to the bottom side of the cover I, which are adapted to engage stud members 9 secured to the side faces of the easing at suitable intervals. A look ID has its main portion secured to the casing and a cooperating part secured to the cover I in order that the cover I may be secured to the casing in order to prevent access to the interior thereof for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. A paper guide in'the form of a loop is pivoted to the underside of the cover 1 and operates to guide the record strips into proper stacked relation, as will hereinafter appear.

Secured within the casing at the end adjacent pivots 4 is a-paper strip receptacle |2, which is adapted to receive folded paper webs |3 to be fed through the machine. Beneath the opening 5 and within the casing is a paper table l4, which is pivotally supported at |5 within the casing and which has the other end thereof suitably supported. The paper table M is suitably slotted for the threading of. the paper Web therethrough and a slidable aligning plate I6 is slidably attached to the underside of the paper table l4 and is caused to slide with respect thereto toward the pivots |5 by contact of a cam follower member I! withthe head of a screw I8 attached thereto. The cam follower I1 is pivotally secured at |8a to one side of the casing and is guided for movementin a short are by means of an aperture l9 therein, which cooperates with a pin 20. The cam follower IT has thereon a head adapted to engage the head of a screw l8, above described, and a contact member 2| which is adapted to be engaged'by a rotary cam in order to swing the cam follower I! in a short are to engage the head of. screw l8 and cause slidable movement ofthe aligning plate I6 with respect to the paper table M in order to securely lock the paper web |3 in the slotted aperture in the paper table |4.

- Disposed at one side of the casing is a carbon supporting casing 22 having therein a carbon support 23. This carbon supporting mechanism is adapted to support carbon strips transversely of the paper table and suitable means is provided on the side of the casing opposite the carbon support for securing the carbon sheets, which are interleaved with the paper strips, to the casing at their free ends.

Suitably journaled in the sides of the casing I is a feed Iroller support shaft30. Feed roller means, generally designated 3|, is rigidly attached to rotate therewith. The feedroller means 3| comprises a spool member 32 having rigidly attached thereto orformedintegrally therewith a pair of disk members 33 having milled peripheral surfaces and cutaway portions 34. Also rigidly attached to the shafts 30 to rotate therewith is'a cam 35' disposed adjacentone end of the shaft. Rigidly secured to the inside of the casing I below the journals of the shafts 30 is a pair of brackets 36. Also mounted on the interior of the casing is a pair of vertically disposed presser roller support standards 31, which have apertures 38 therein adapted to engage projections 39 mounted on the inner walls of the casing in order to. provide for sliding movement of the standards 31 with respect to the walls of the casing I. The standards 31 are also provided with apertures 38a through which the end portions of the feed roller support shafts 30 extend. Rotatably mounted in the upper ends of the standards 3'! and disposed therebetween is a presser roller 40 having peripheral milled portions 4| thereon adapted to cooperate with the milled edges of the disks 33 of the feed roller and which presser roller has rigidly secured therewith, at one end thereof, a presser roller drive pinion 42. The presser roller drive pinion is adapted to mesh with the gear 43 which is rigidly mounted on the shaft 30.

At their lower ends, the standards 3'! are provided with inwardly disposed horizontal flanges 44 which are connected to the brackets 36 by means of screwbolts 45 extending through suitable apertures, which screw bolts have disposed therearound below the brackets 36, springs 46 which are urged against the lower surface of. the brackets 36 by means of knurled nuts 47. At the side of the casing opposite the gear 43 a presser roller release lever 48 is disposed between a flange 44 and a bracket 36 with the screw bolt 45 passing through an aperture therein, which release lever 48 is adapted to be engaged by the finger or an operator in order to raise the adjacent standard 31 upwardly against pressure of the spring 46 in order to swing the presser roller upwardly to facilitate threading of the paper between the milled portions 4| of the presser roller 40 and the milled edges of the disks 33 of the feed roller 3|. By means of the knurled nuts 41, the compression of. the springs 46 may be varied as desired, whereby to vary the compressive effect of the presser roller 40 and disks 33 upon the paper sheets threaded therebetween.

The above-described mechanism is not herein claimed per se and is substantially the same as that described and claimed in application of William 'C. Pfeiifer et al., Serial No. 746,542, filed October 2, 1934, which matured into United States Letters Patent No. 2,041,020, granted May 19, 1936.

Mounted on the outside of the gear 43, adjacent the peripheral toothed portion thereof, is a stop 49 which serves a purpose which will be hereinafter described. The gear 43 also has secured thereto but adjacent the inner portion thereof a pin 50. ,Mounted for free rotation on the shaft 30 is a gear 5| having pivotally secured thereto at its inner side a pawl 52 which is pivoted on pin 52a. This pawl 52 hasa projection at its inward end which is adapted to cooperate with the shaft 30 to limit the outward swinging movement thereof. The pawl 52 is urged outwardly by a spring 53 which has one end pivotally attached to the gear 5| and the other end thereof attached to the free or headed end of the pawl 52. The pawl 52 has a, curved outer edge which terminates in a head having anarcuate portion 54 which is adapted to engage the pin 50 when the gear 5| is rotated in anti-clockwise direction, as seen in Figures 3, 5, 6 and 7. When the gear 5| rotates in clockwise direction, as seen in the above-mentioned figures, the curved outer surface of the pawl 52 engages the pin 50 and the gear 5| is allowed thus .to rotate free of the gear 43 and, due to the engagement of the curved edge of the pawl 52 with the pin 50, the pawl 52 will be pressed inwardly against pressure of the spring 53 whereby, when the gear 5| is rotating in a clockwise directionon the shaft 30, the pawl 52 may pass the pin 50 without imparting rotation to the gear 43. Alternate clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation of the gear 5| is accomplished by swinging the sector gear 55 about its axis. The sector gear 55 has the teeth thereof in mesh with the teeth of the gear 5| and this sector gear is rigidly attached to a pintle 56 which is suitably journaled in the casing The sector gear 55 is equipped with a plurality of holes or apertures 51 arranged at varying distances from the axis of the sector gear.

A tension spring 58 has one end thereof attached at 59 to a side of the casing I and the other end of said spring is adapted to be selectively inserted through any desired one of the holes or apertures 51 in order that the effective swinging effect of the spring 58 on the sector gear 55 may be varied as desired. Rigidly attached to the sector gear at one side of the hub thereof is a dashpot lever 6|) which has a suitable aperture provided at its outer end for the reception of a pin 6| which pivotaly connects the dashpot lever 60 with a bracket 62 which is rigidly attached to the piston rod 63 of a conventional dashpot 64, which is preferably adjustable to control the speed of operation in a predetermined manner and which is pivotally secured at 65 to the inner side of the casing I. The gear sector of the sector gear 55 is provided with a shoulder 66, which is adapted for abutment with the stop 49 in certain positions of the parts, as is shown in Figure 3, in which the shoulder 66 is indicated in dotted lines. Mounted on a shaft 61, which extends transversely from side to side of the casing I, is a spring pressed pawl 68 which is adapted to prevent clockwise rotation of the gear 43, but which will allow it to rotate in an anti-clockwise direction, as seen in .Figures 3, 5, 6 and 7. Mounted for free rotation on the end portion of the shaft 30 is a bell crank lever, generally designated I0, which is retained on the shaft 30 by a screw 69. The bell crank lever III has a handle arm II with a handle I2 thereon, which is adapted to be engaged by the hand of an operator for operation of the mechanism.

Integrally attached to or formed integrally with the handle arm and disposed at,an angle thereto is a link arm I3, which is pivotally connected by means of a screw or stud I4 to a link I5. The link I5 is pivotally attached by means of a screw or stud I6 to a lever arm 11 which is integrally secured to the pintle 56 which has the sector gear 55 rigidly attached to the other end thereof. The handle arm II of the bell crank lever I is adapted to swing downwardly from the position shown in Figure 2 to a position, wherein the handle I2 is closely adjacent the handle stop 82 which is attached to the outside of the casing by means of screws 83, or the like.

It is to be understood, of course, that the cooperative relation between the paper feed roller mechanism, generally designated 3| and the aligning plate I6 is the same as that of the abovementioned copending application of Pfeiffer, and the cooperation is further fully disclosed and described in patent to Pfeiffer, No. 1,868,613, granted August 2, 1932. The difference in operation of the register to which this application is directed relates to the manual operation of the feed roller means 3 I etc., but the above-described means and the operation of the feed roller means is as follows:

Operation In loading the register, the cover 2 and paper table I4 are swung upwardly about their respective pivots. The folded webs are placed in the paper strip receptacle and one end of the web comprising superposed sheets is threaded through the slot in the paper table I4. The paper table I4 is then swung down to closed position. The carbon sheets, which are supported at one end of the spool or shaft 23 in the carbon support container or chamber 22, are interleaved with the respective paper sheets of the web I3 and the free ends of the carbon sheets secured, in suitable adjustment, to the casing I. The operator then swings the presser roller release lever 48 either up or down, whereby to move the associated presser roller support standard 3I slidably upward against the pressure of spring 46. This swings one end of the presser roller 4|] upwardly about the other end, the presser roller drive pinion 42 remaining in mesh with the gear 43. This facilitates insertion of the ends of the web between milled portions 41 on the presser roller 40 and the milled edges of the feed roller disks 33. One or more record strips is directed downwardly into the forward portion of the casing where it is guided by the loop or guide member II, as shown particularly in Figure 3. The cover 2 is then swung down into its closed position and locked therein by the cover I. The other strips are led over the cover I and may be torn off, after writing, if desired. The cover I retains the cover 2 and the paper table in their downward position, and in order to again swing the cover 2 and paper table I4 upwardly, it will first be necessary to remove the cover I. After the web I3 has been suitably threaded between presser roller 40 and feed roller disks 33, and the cover I is replaced, it is locked in position by means of lock III. The respective parts are then in at rest position, as shown in FiguresZ and 3. Figure 2 shows the position of'the handle I2 with respect to the handle stop 82 and the position of the various exposed parts, while FigureB shows the position of the parts enclosed in the casing I. In this position, the pawl 52 on the gear 5| is in engagement with the pin 50 on the gear 43. The spring 58 is contracted. The teeth of sector gear 55 are in mesh with the teeth of gear 5|, which gear 5| is operatively connected with gear 43.

When the operator presses downwardly on handle I2, the handle arm II through link arm I3, link I5 and lever arm 11, rotates pintle 56 and attached sector gear 55 in an anti-clockwise direction, which causes rotation of the gear 5| in a clockwise direction to the position shown in Figure 6. During this clockwise rotation of the gear 5|, the curved edge of the pawl 52 has passed beneath the pin 50 and is slightly spaced clockwise of the pin 50. As shown in Figure 6, the spring 58 is now in extended position, energy having been stored therein by the downward swinging movement of the handle arm I I. With the parts in this position, upon release of pressure on handle I2, the handle arm II will be swung back upwardly through the tension of spring 58 applied to sector gear 55, which swings the sector gear in'a clockwise direction. The sector gear then rotates gear 5| in a counterclockwise direction, through the position shown in Figure 7 to the -at rest position shown in Figure 3, during which rotation, because of engagement of the arcuate surface 54 of pawl 52 with the pin 5|), the gear 43 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction and the feed roller unit 3| is also rotated in a counterclockwise direction to feed or advance the paper web I3.

The position of the stop 49 in the at rest position is shown in Figure 3, and with particular reference'to Figures 3 and 6, it will be noted that the counterclockwise rotation of the gear 43 is prevented by engagement of the stop 39 with the shoulder 66 until the sector gear 55 has been swung ina counterclockwise direction closely adjacent the position shown in Figure 6 in order to release the stop 49 from the shoulder 66 on the sector gear. Due to this arrangement, a partial depression of the handle 12 will be prevented from causing a partial feeding rotation of the gear 43 and attached feed roller means 3|.

In order to prevent binding of the parts in the position shown in Figure 7, when the sector gear is being swung in a clockwise direction about pintle 56 by a spring 58 and the movement thereof is being translated by means of gear 5| to gear 43, the shoulder 66 is preferably cut away or omitted from the lower portion of the gear segment of the sector gear 55. The pawl 68, at all times, prevents clockwise rotation of the gear 43. During the clockwise swinging movement of the sector gear 55 about pintle 56, the force of the contracting spring 58 is controlled by the dashpot 64 which thus serves as a speed controller.

It is to be particularly noted that the operator must necessarily move the handle 12 to a position closely adjacent the handle stop 82 to clear the stop 49 from the shoulder 66 on the sector gear 55. Furthermore, the pawl 52, during the downward swinging movement of the handle arm H, is moving with the gear 5| in a counterclockwise direction and does not pass the pin 5|] on the gear 43 until the handle arm 1| closely approaches its ultimate downward position. I thus entirely prevent accidental operation of the feeding mechanism to feed-the paper web in anything less than a full and complete operative cycle, whereby to prevent misalignment of the sales tickets comprising the web with respect to the register. It is to be further noticed that the dashpot 64 which is of conventional design has a very slight efiect on the counterclockwise swinging movement of the sector gear 55 which is caused by manual force applied to overcome the force of the spring and of the dashpot, but has a substantially greater checking, shock absorbing, or controlling efiect upon the clockwise swinging movement of the sector gear because that movement is caused by the force of the spring, which force is resisted by the force of the dashpot. By means of holes or apertures 51, I am enabled to adjust the effective lever armof the spring 58 with respect to the pintle 56 and thus balance the register operating mechanism so that a very slight pressure on the handle 12 is sufficient to swing the sector gear 55 from the at rest position to its ultimate position, as shown in Figure 6. Furthermore, an adjustable dashpot of conventional form may be used to provide further adjustment. By such adjustments, the speed of feeding or ejecting of the sheets or tickets from the machine may bevaried as desired within ex tremely close limits.

It is to be further particularly noted that the operator, in depressing the handle 12 from the position shown in Figure 2 to its ultimate downward position adjacent handle stop 82, does not operate the parts, but merely stores energy in the tension spring 58. When the handle l2 closely approaches the ultimate downward position, the stop 49 has been cleared from interference of the shoulder 66 on the sector gear 55. The pawl 52 which is carried in a counterclockwise direction about the shaft 3|] by the rotating gear 5| passes the pin 50 and reaches the position shown in Figure 6. In this position, the spring 58 is elongated and operating pressure is still on the handle 12. Upon release of pressure onthe handle 12, the tension spring 58 swings the sector gear in a clockwise direction which tends to rothe bracket 62.

tate gear 5| in an anti-clockwise direction about the shaft 30. The actual relative rotation between gear 5| and shaft 30 is extremely small because, when the arcuate portion 54 of pawl 52 engages pin 59, the gear 5| and gear 43 are operatively connected and, during the remainder of the clockwise swinging movement of the sector gear 55, the gear 43 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction by the gear 5| through a complete operative cycle, at the end of which the parts are again in the position shown in Figure 3.

In Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11, I have illustrated a modified form of my invention, in which the feed roller operating mechanism operates in substantially the same way and which operating mechanism differs from that disclosed in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive and described above, only in the substitution of a single combined spring and dashpot for the separate tension spring and dashpot unit described above and illustrated in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, andwhich is likewise adjustable to control the speed of operation. I have furthermore lengthened the dashpot lever 68 and have provided holes or. apertures 60a therein, whereby the bracket 62 may be attached at different distances from the pintle 56 by shifting the bracket pivot pin 6| from one to another of these holes or apertures 6811., The modified form of sector gear swinging means, as shown particularly in Figures 10 and 11, comprises a casing 84 which is adapted to be pivotally attached to the register casing at 65. The casing 84 is cylindrical and has a cap member 85 screw-threaded on the top or open end thereof. A hollow plunger 85 is disposed in a centrally arranged aperture in the cap 85 and is adapted to reciprocate therein. The cap member85 has a countersunk portion 81 therein. The hollow plunger 86 has a flanged top which rests upon the horizontal flanged portion of the bracket 62, the plunger 86 extending through an aperture in the flanged portion of Disposed about the plunger 86 below the bracket 62 is a metallic flanged disk or cup member 88. Disposed below this member 88 is a suitable flanged washer 89 having its upper portion received in the member 88 and being securely attached thereto by means of a washer nut 96 screw threaded on the hollow plunger 86. The purpose of the washer 89 is to reduce or prevent leakage and, as may be seen, particularly in Figure 11, the washer is brought into close engagement with the countersunk portion 81 of the cap 85 and thus prevents escape of liquid between the hollow plunger 86 and the aperture in cap 85, in which it reciprocates. Other suitable leakage preventing means, such as packing, may be provided if desired. It is, of course,,understood that the washer 89 will be made of rubber, leather, or other suitable material, depending upon the nature of the liquid with which the casing 84 is to be filled, the extremely deleterious effect of oil upon rubber being well recogniZed. The extreme lower end of the hollow plunger 86 is headed and disposed about that end and resting upon the head is a booster spring 92a, which supports a valve plate 92 which is disposed about the plunger 86 and is slidable thereon. Also disposed about the plunger 86 and slidable thereon is an escape plate 93 having radially spaced axially disposed apertures 94 therein, which apertures are adapted to be closed by the valve plate 92 upon close engagement of the valve plate 92 with the escape plate 93.

Supported by the escape plate 93 and loosely disposed aboutthe hollow plunger 86 is a spring the form of a circular bore.

support member 95', which is adapted to support the compression spring 96 which is arranged about the hollow plunger 86 with one end in engagement with the spring support member 95 and. the other end thereof in engagement with the cap member 85. If desired, a packing washer 91 may be disposed between the top of the casing 8 and the cap member 85, as shown particularly in Figure 11. The hollow plunger is provided with an axial bore 98 which extends from end to end thereof and which has the top portion thereof threaded in order to receive the valve needle member 99 which is threaded therein. Extending radially through the hollow plunger 86, adjacent and above the top face of the spring support member 95, is a liquid escape channel H30 in The lower end of the valve needle 99 is conical so that, when the valve needle 99 is rotated by its knurled head and thus moved axially within the hollow bore 98 of the hollow plunger 86, the aperture provided between the lower portion of the bore 98 and the liquid escape channel I may be varied, as desired. The casing 84 is adapted to be filled with a suitable liquid, as is stated above, and as will clearly appear from Figures 8 to 11 inclusive, when the handle E2 is depressed to its lower position closely adjacent the handle stop 82, the hollow plunger 86 will be drawn upwardly in the casing 34 against the pressure of the compression spring 95. This will be accompanied by escape of the liquid above the'escape plate 93 through the liquid escape channel I90 and the apertures 9i in the escape plate 93 against pressure of booster spring 92 into the lower portion of the casing 84.

When the handle 12 is released, the force of the'compressed spring 96 will force the plunger 95 axially downwardly in the casing 84, and the liquid in the lower part of the casing 84 will then escape upwardly through the hollow bore 98 of the hollow plunger 86 through the liquid escape channel on into the upper portion of the casing 85. This escape will not occur through apertures 94 because the valve plate 92 and the escape plate 93 are forced together on one side by the force of compressed spring 96, and on the other side by the combined pressure of the liquid below the valve plate 92 and the force of the booster spring 9.2a. It will thus be seen that, when the sector gear is swung forwardly about the pintle 56 by manipulation of handle 12, the hollow plunger 86 will be drawn upwardly in casing 84 and the spring 99 will be compressed, energy being thus imparted thereto. Upon the release of handle 52, the energy stored in the compressed spring 96 will, by forcing the hollow plunger 86 downwardly in the casing 84 against the shock absorbing effect of the liquid, as described above, swing the sector gear 55 in a clockwise direction, as seen in Figure 9, and cause performance of the same operative cycle of the parts, as is caused by the separate tension spring and dashpot described above.

The driving or operating stroke of the spring 96 forces the hollow plunger 86 downwardly against the pressure of fluid in the casing 84 below the valve plate 92 and escape plate 93, which plates are then forced together by the combined pressures of the booster spring 92a and the liquid below the plates. In order that the movement take place, it is necessary that liquid escape from the lower side of plates 92 and 93 in casing 84 to the upper side thereof in the casing 84. The only possible path of escape for the liquid isthrough the hollow bore 98 of'the plunger 96 and thence through the apertures provided by the particular adjustment of the conical portion of the valve needle 99 and the transverse bore I00 in the hollow plunger 86. The speed of the action will necessarily depend upon the time required for a constant quantity of liquid to pass through this path. The adjustment of the effective size of these apertures provides for the definite adjustment of the speed of the reaction. The speed of the reaction determines the speed of feed or ejection of the sales tickets from the register. Thus, solely by adjustment of the valve needle 99, the speed of operation of the register or, in other words, the speed of feeding or ejection of the tickets may be adjusted within extremely close limits, as may be desired.

While structure illustrative of my invention has been described and illustrated as applied to one form of register, it is to be understood that my invention is applicable to registers of widely different forms and to paper feeding means in other machines and mechanisms and'that no claim is herein made to the register described, such description being herein madefor the purpose of illustration only.

It is, of course, to be understood that the structure described above and illustrated in the drawings is merely illustrative and in no wise limiting and that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt my invention to such widely varying uses as come within the scope of the claims and invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an autographic register having feed means therein, means for causing operation of said feed means comprising manually operable means, means movable against resilient pres sure by operation of said manually operable means, normally inoperative means for operatively connecting said means for causing operation of said feed means to said feed means, and a device associated with said normally inoperative means for rendering said normally inoperative means operative ,in response to the completion of a substantially full stroke only of said manually operable means.

2. In an autographic register having feed means therein, means for causing operation of said feed means; said last named means comprising manually operable means, means adapted to be moved against spring pressure by operation of'said manually operable means, resilient means for controlling reverse movement of said last named means due to spring pressure, normally inoperative means for operatively connecting said means for causing operation of said feed means to said feed means, and a device associ: ated with'said normally inoperative means for rendering said normally inoperative means operative in response to the completion of a substantially full stroke only of said manually operable means.

3. In an operating means for an autographic register having feed means therein, means for causing operation of said feed .means, at predetermined speed; said last named means comprising a manually operable lever, means adapted to be moved against resilient pressure by operation of said lever, normally inoperative means for operatively connecting said means for causing operation of said feed means to said feed means to cause operation thereof, means associated with said normally inoperative means for rendering said normally inoperative means operative in response to the completion of a substantially full stroke only of said manually operable means and means to control the speed of operation of said feed means in a predetermined manner.

'4. In an operating means for an autographic register having feed roller means therein, means for causing rotation of said feed roller means; said last named means comprising a manually swingable lever, means adapted to be moved against spring pressure by swinging movement of said lever, resilient means for controlling reverse movement of said means due to spring pressure in a predetermined manner, normally inoperative means for operatively connecting said means for causing operation of said feed means to said feed roller means, and a device associated with said normally inoperative means for rendering said normally inoperative means operative in response to the completion of a substantially full stroke only of said manually operable means.

5. In an autographic register having feed means, resilient means for operating said feed means, manual means for storing energy in said resilient means, normally inoperative means for translating energy stored in said resilient means into feeding movement of saidfeedmeans through one complete cycle, means associated with said normally inoperative means for rendering said normally inoperative means operative in response to the completion of a'substantially full stroke only of said manually operable means and hydraulic means adapted to control the speed of operation of said feed means throughout the cycle of operation thereof.

6. In a register having feed means, resilient means for operating said feed means, manual means for storing energy in said resilient means, means for translating the energy stored in said resilent means into feeding movement of said feed means through one complete cycle, means to prevent operation of said feed means in a partial cycle, and means adapted to control the power output of said resilient means to control the speed of said feed means throughout operation thereof.

7. In an autographic register having feed roller means, means for operating said feed roller means in a complete cycle comprising a pivoted sector gear, means including a lever manually swingable in a small are for swinging said sector gear in one direction, resilient means for urging said sector gear in the opposite direction, said resilient means including speed control means, normally inoperative means for operatively connecting said sector gear to said feed roller means, and means associated with said connecting means for rendering said connecting means operative in response to the completion of a substantially full stroke only of said lever whereby upon release of said lever the feed roller means will be operated through one complete feed cycle by said resilient means in motion controlled by said speed control means.

8. In a register having feed roller means, means for operating said feed roller means in a complete cycle comprising a pivoted sector gear, means including a lever manually swingable in a small arc for swinging said sector gear in one direction, spring means for urging said sector gear in the opposite direction, said spring means in'cludingshock absorber means, normally inoperative means for operatively connecting said sector gear to said feed roller means, and means associated with said connecting means for rendering said connecting means operative in response to the completion of a substantially full stroke only of said lever whereby upon release of said lever the feed roller means will be operated through one complete feed cycle only by said spring means in motion controlled by said shock absorber means.

9. In an operating means for the feed roller on a register, a pivoted sector gear, resilient means adapted to swing said sector gear in one direction, means including a lever manually swingable in a short stroke to swing said sector gear in the opposite direction, normally inoperative mechanism for operatively connecting said sector gear to the feed roller, and means associated with said connecting mechanism for rendering said connecting mechanism operative in response to the completion of a substantially full stroke only of said lever whereby said feed roller will be rotated in one complete cycle by said resilient means and willbe prevented from operating in a partial cycle.

10. In an operating means for the feed roller of an autographic register, a manually swingable sector gear having an arcuate portion thereon corresponding in extent substantially to a full swing of said sector gear, resilient means adpated to swing said sector gear in a direction opposing the manual swinging direction and means connected to said feed roller and engaging said arcuate portion for holding said feed roller inoperative throughout the extent of said arcuate portion whereby to defer the rotation of said feed roller until the reaching of the end of said arcuate portion.

11. In an operating means for the feed roller of an autographic register, a pivoted sector gear,

spring means adapted to swing said sector gear in one direction, said spring means including a dash-pot, means including a lever manually swingable in a short stroke to swing said sector gear in the'opposite direction, normally inoperative means for operatively connecting said sector gear to the feed roller, and means associated with said connecting means for rendering said connecting means operative in response to the completion of a substantially full stroke only of said lever whereby said feed roller will be rotated in one complete cycle by the spring means in motion controlled by said dashpot means.

12. In an operating means for a register feed roller, a manually operable lever adapted to be swung in a short stroke of predetermined length, resilient means adapted to have energy stored therein by said stroke, normally inoperative means for translating the energy stored in said resilient means to a predetermined amount of rotary movement of said feed roller, and means associated with said normally inoperative means for rendering said normally inoperative means operative in response tothe completion of a lever stroke of said predetermined length, said resilient means having dashpot means associated therewith adapted to cushion the force of said resilient means and prevent the occurrence of noise.

13. In an operating means for a register feed roller, a manually operable lever adapted to be swung in a short stroke, spring means adapted to have energy stored therein by said stroke, normally inoperative means for translating the energy stored in said spring means to a predeter-.

mined amount of rotary movementof said feed roller, and means associated with said normally inoperative means for rendering said normally inoperative means operative in response to the completion of a lever stroke of said predetermined length said spring means having shock absorbing means associated therewith adapted to control the rate of power output and cushion the force of said spring means and prevent the occurrence of noise.

14. In an operating means for a register feed roller, a manually operable lever adapted to be swung in a short stroke of predetermined length, spring means adapted to have a predetermined amount of energy stored therein by said stroke, normally inoperative means for translating the energy stored in said spring means to a predetermined amount of rotary movement of said feed roller, and means associated with said normally inoperative means for rendering said normally inoperative means operative in response to the completion of a lever stroke of said predetermined length said spring means having dashpot means associated therewith and adapted to cushion the force of said spring means and prevent the occurrence of noise while controlling the rate of power output thereof.

15. In an autographic register, roller feeding means for paper sheets, means for separating said feeding means at a predetermined interval, a handle, a pinion and rack associated therewith whereby predetermined movement of the handle moves the pinion and the rack so as to store up a predetermined amount of power, a power storage means connected to said rack, and means adapted to operate only upon the completion of the predetermined movement of the handle to connect the rack through the pinion to the paper feeding means to actuate said paper feeding means.

16. In a register, means for storing tickets, feeding means for said tickets, power storage means for operating said feeding means, manual means for storing energy in said power storage means, means for adjusting said power storage means to vary the speed of feed of said tick-- for operatively connecting and disconnecting said power storage means and said feeding means.

18. In a register, paper feeding means, power storage means for operating said feeding means, common manually operable means for storing energy in said operating means and for connecting said operating means and said feeding means, and means for adjusting said operating means to vary the speed of output of said energy.

19. In a register, feeding means, power storage means for operating said feeding means, common manually operable means for storing energy in said operating means and connecting and disconnecting said feeding means and operating means, and means to vary the speed of said feeding means, said last-named means comprising means for adjusting the speed of output of the energy stored in said operating means.

CLAYTON E. WYRICK. 

